Eligibility Criteria for JEE Mains

National Testing Agency releases the Eligibility Criteria for JEE Mains along with the official notification. Interested students are informed to check the JEE Main 2020 Eligibility Criteria before applying for the entrance exam. They want to fulfil the eligibility details, otherwise, the candidature will be declined at any stage of the admission process. Students who will meet JEE Main 2020 eligibility criteria will be qualified for the entrance examination. Students of JEE Main seeking admission to B.E/B. Tech programmes at the undergraduate level are suggested to go through the Eligibility Criteria for JEE Mains carefully. The eligibility criteria will consist of important details such as educational qualification, nationality, age limit, subjects in Class 12/10+2 and other mandatory details.

 

Important News - Last year, the conducting authority changed from CBSE to NTA, it is important for the students to know about the eligibility criteria of JEE Main 2020 and there will be twice attempts.

 

Eligibility Criteria for JEE Mains

 

Students will be considered to be qualified to participate in JEE Main 2020 based on the parameters given below.

 

• Qualifying examination 10+2 or equivalent
• Qualifying exam subjects
• Date of birth
• Marks obtained in the qualifying exam

 

Eligibility Criteria for JEE Mains

 

S.No	Eligibility Particulars	Details
1	Qualifying Examination	Students should have passed class 12 or qualifying examination in 2019 or 2020. Students appearing in class 12 or equivalent qualifying examination in 2020 can also apply for JEE Main.
2	Age Limit	There is no age limit. However, the students have to pass 10+2 or equivalent exam in 2019 or 2020. Students appearing for 10+2 or equivalent exam in 2020 are also eligible to apply.
3	Number of Attempts	JEE Main students can participate in the entrance examination for 3 consecutive years. The examination will be conducted twice a year, they may appear in both the attempts. The attempt for an academic year will be considered as One.
4	Subject Combination	It is important to have taken five subjects in class 12 or equivalent qualifying examination The five subjects for B.Tech/ B.E Language Physics Mathematics Any one of (Chemistry, Biology, Biotechnology, Technical Vocational Subject), 5-Any other subjects The five subjects for B.Arch/ B.Planning Language Physics Mathematics (compulsory) Any one of (Chemistry, Biology, Biotechnology, Technical Vocational Subject), 5-Any other subjects

 

JEE Main Eligibility Criteria for Qualifying Exam

 

Students should have to pass in the following exam to be qualified for the JEE Main 2020. Check detailed information given below.

• Class 12 or equivalent examination conducted by a recognized Central or State board such as ICSE, CBSE, CISCE etc.
• Intermediate, Pre-Degree Course exam and Pre-University Course conducted by any of the approved Board/University.
• HSC Vocational examination
• The final examination of the two-year course of the Joint Services Wing of the National Defence Academy.
• AICTE or SBTE approved Diploma of at least three years duration.
• National Institute of Open Schooling conducted Senior Secondary School Examination with a minimum of five subjects.
• For admission to IITs, General Certificate Education exam (London/ Cambridge/ Sri Lanka) at Advanced level (A).
• Association of Indian Universities recognised School or University examination in India or in any foreign country recognized as equivalent to the 12th class.

 

JEE Main Eligibility Criteria 2020 for Year of appearance in the Qualifying Examination

 

Students who have passed the 12th class or any other equivalent examination in 2019 or 2020 will be qualified to appear in JEE Main 2020. Those who have passed the 12th class or equivalent examination in 2017 or before and those who will appear in 2021 or later will not be qualified to appear in JEE Main 2020. Students who have appeared for their 12th class in 2017, failed in 2017 but have appeared again in 2018 and passed are not qualified for JEE Main 2020.

 

JEE Main 2020 Exam - Qualifying Subjects

 

The five subjects provided below are compulsory for the students who want to appear in the JEE Main 2020. They are considered as available only if they have at least 5 subjects in the 12th class or equivalent examination.

 

• Language
• Physics (mandatory for B.Arch.)
• Mathematics (compulsory for both B.Tech & B.Arch. both)
• Chemistry, Biotechnology, Biology, Technical Vocational Subject (Any one)
• Any other subjects

 

Eligibility Criteria for JEE Mains (State Code)

 

The state code belongs to the code of the state from where the students have passed 12th class or equivalent examination. Based on this, they will be qualified to participate in the JEE Main 2020 examination. They can check the State Codes from the table provided here.

 

Code	Name of State/ Union Territory	Code	Name of State/ Union Territory
1	Andaman & Nicobar Islands	20	Madhya Pradesh
2	Andhra Pradesh	21	Maharashtra
3	Arunachal Pradesh	22	Manipur
4	Assam	23	Meghalaya
5	Bihar	24	Mizoram
6	Chandigarh (UT)	25	Nagaland
7	Chhattisgarh	26	Odisha
8	Dadra & Nagar Haveli (UT)	27	Puducherry (UT)
9	Daman & Diu (UT)	28	Punjab
10	Delhi (NCT)	29	Rajasthan
11	Goa	30	Sikkim
12	Gujarat	31	Tamil Nadu
13	Haryana	32	Tripura
14	Himachal Pradesh	33	Uttar Pradesh
15	Jammu & Kashmir	34	Uttarakhand
16	Jharkhand	35	West Bengal
17	Karnataka	36	Telangana
18	Kerala	98	Foreign/ OCI/ PIO/ Nepal / Bhutan
19	Lakshadweep (UT)

 

NOTE: If a student passed 12th class or equivalent exam from a state but students have appeared for the improvement examination from a different state, then the state code of basically passed the qualifying exam will be considered for qualification.

 

JEE Main 2020 Eligibility Criteria for Admissions to IIITs, NITs and CFTIs

 

The eligibility Information that will be considered during admission accessible below for the students who will not appear in the exam or filling the online application form.

 

IIITs/NITs/GFTIs Admission: Students should have got a minimum of 75% marks in 12th class or equivalent exam or they must be in the top 20 percentile in their 12th class examination. For SC/ST, the eligibility is to get a minimum of 65% marks in 12th class or equivalent.

 

JEE Main 2020 B.Arch Admission: Students should have passed 10+2 or equivalent examination from a recognized education board with a minimum 50% aggregate marks in PCM and 50% overall marks.
 

JEE Main Eligibility Criteria for Droppers

 

The term droppers can be divided into two categories. One is the students who have dropped a year after completing their 12th class to concentrate on JEE Main 2020 examination. Other one consists of those who got admitted to another college and wish to attempt again or did not pass JEE Main earlier and waited a year while preparation. Students require to check the JEE Main 2020 Eligibility Criteria for Droppers to make sure that they will be capable to appear the entrance examination without any problems.

 

JEE Main Eligibility Criteria for Droppers:

• There is no specific age limit.
• For IIITs, NITs, and CFTIs admissions, the students should have got a minimum of 75% aggregate marks or be in the top 20 percentile of their respective education boards. For SC/ST category, a minimum of 65% marks needed.
• It is important that they must have passed their 12th class examination in 2018 or 2019. Only three consecutive attempts are permitted for JEE Main.
• Students should have been taken at least five subjects for the class 12th or qualifying examination (Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics compulsory).

 

JEE Main 2020 - Details of Improvement Exam

 

Improvement for five subjects - If a student appears for improvement in all subjects in 2020, then the highest of both the years will be considered.

Improvement for one or more subject - If the students appear for improvement exam in 2020, then the top 20 percentile of 2019 will be carried into account. The maximum marks obtained in the required subjects will be considered to calculate the aggregate percentage in such a case.

 

JEE Main 2020 Eligibility Criteria

 

• General Eligibility:

1. Qualifying Exam: Applying students must have passed their 10+2 level examinations or its equivalent from an approved education board or university.

2. Diploma Holders: Students who are holding the diploma can also apply for admission but only for IITs.

3. Qualifying Subjects: students in their 12th class must have passed with at least five compulsory subjects – Physics, Mathematics along with anyone from the Biology, Chemistry, Biotechnology or any other technical vocational.

4. Age Criterion: There is no age limit prescribed to apply for JEE Main 2020.

5. Total Attempts: There will be 2 attempt limit to apply for this exam.

6. Appearing Students: Candidates who are appearing for their 12th Class exams can also apply.

7. Year of Appearance: Students passing their 12th class exam in the year 2018 or 2019 are only eligible to apply. Also, those appearing in their 12th class in the year 2020 are also eligible to apply.

 

• Institutions wise Eligibility:

1. To get admission into IITs, NITs, CFTIs and other college, students have secure 75% marks in their 12th class exams.
2. On the basis of All India Rank of the students obtained in the exam, admission will be given.